Re: 403 Forbidden error when testing 'mod_dav_svn' enabled apache

On Sep 30, 2006, at 07:56, Reza Mostafid wrote:

> * Firing up apache works fine. No errors.
>
> * apachectl -M shows the svn modules are loaded as shared.
>
> * I can test the server with the built in Firefox browser
> and I get the 'It works!' message.

That message is of course from Apache, not the Subversion module.

> * When I try to view the repository in the browser via
> http://localhost/repos I get an error:
>
> '403 Forbidden
> You don't have permission to access /repos on this server'

[snip]

> * The necessary directives are there in the httpd.conf file
> right after the LoadModule directives:
>
> <Location /repos>
> DAV svn
> SVNParentPath <my own repository path>
> </Location>

[snip]

<my own repository path> is the path to the repository, or the path
to a directory containing several repositories? If the former, then
you need SVNPath, not SVNParentPath.

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Received on Sun Oct 1 22:30:33 2006